Producer Scales Back on Party Life

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Jeff Beacher spent most of his life thinking big. After all, he’s an event, theater and television producer as well as creator of the Beacher’s Madhouse cabaret at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He’s planning to go even bigger this year, with his recent bid to buy the Playboy Mansion, which he would transform into a refined private club.

However, after years of room service meals, drinking and gambling, he tipped the scales at nearly 400 pounds and had a cancer scare, which turned out to be a benign growth. But Beacher, 42, is now thinking smaller: He has embraced the virtues of moderation and has picked up a plethora of new habits and hobbies.

After a short stay in rehab in Florida, he returned to Los Angeles adhering to a mostly vegan diet and “collecting” new fitness experiences.

“I make myself try one new outdoor fitness thing a week,” explained Beacher. “I will hike a new trail or audition a new sports lesson – waterskiing, snorkeling, yoga, scuba, karate, you name it. I am excited about living, as a child would be in learning a lot of things for the first time.”

Beacher says his new work-life balance, consequently, has made him not only a better boss but a nicer person to be around.

“Once I grasped my insecurities – which made me a wild party animal and kept me indoors – the pounds flew off,” he said. “I hope to inspire others with the fact that it’s never too late to start over.”

Right as Rein

Charlie Ebersol often has a simple question: “Is there anywhere I can get on a horse?”

That’s because Ebersol, 33, believes there is nothing quite like a good ride to alleviate stress.

“It forces you to be methodical and be in the moment, which for me is a big problem. So I use it to keep myself together,” Ebersol said about his love for riding.

For Ebersol, current chairman and co-founder of TV production firm the Company, son of former NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol and ex-boyfriend of Britney Spears, horses have been lifelong companions.

He rode as a 3-year-old in Colorado, drove cattle as a teen in Costa Rica and did rehabilitation on a horse after he broke his back in a plane crash.

Now, he treasures working on the CNBC hit series “West Texas Investors Club,” largely because it is shot in Midland, Texas – where there are plenty of horses.

“I keep coming up with excuses to get on set,” he said.

Staff reporters Elyse Glickman and Natalie Schachar contributed to this column. Page 3 is compiled by Editor Charles Crumpley. He can be reached at [email protected].

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