By Stephen Jacob Smith 4/15 6:08pm

Manhattan Transfers

Will Sheila Nevins' eighth apartment at the Chelsea Mercantile be her last? Stay tuned! (Photo courtesy Patrick McMullan.)

Eighth Time’s a Charm: HBO Honcho Signs on for Another Season at the Chelsea Mercantile

When Sheila Nevins first started at HBO as “Director of Documentaries,” the cable network had only done one, and she only signed a 13-week contract. Over three decades later, and save for a three-year diversion in the ’80s, Ms. Nevins is still at HBO, and is still heading up the channel’s documentary division. We can only hope the contract she just signed at the Chelsea Mercantile has as much staying power.

And this is nowhere near Ms. Nevins’ first purchase in the condo building. In fact, it’s at least her eighth. Read More

By Rebecca Dana 11/14/05 12:00am

HBO’s Queen Sheila Is Ogling Koppel But Also Loves Porn

“This whole mess that we’re all in, called being alive, is just a fascinating dilemma,” said Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO’s documentary division. “And how people work that out is, to me, extraordinarily interesting. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a kid with Tourette’s syndrome or a murderer or a hot porn star or a Read More

By Rebecca Dana 11/14/05 12:00am

HBO’s Queen Sheila Is Ogling Koppel But Also Loves Porn

“This whole mess that we’re all in, called being alive, is just a fascinating dilemma,” said Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO’s documentary division. “And how people work that out is, to me, extraordinarily interesting. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a kid with Tourette’s syndrome or a murderer or a hot porn star or a Read More

By Rebecca Traister 8/05/02 12:00am

HBO’S Gay Series Stops Shooting After A Letter

After just two weekends of filming, HBO has pulled the plug on a planned documentary about five gay men sharing a summer house in Fire Island’s Pines community. According to the subjects of the film, HBO executive vice president of original programming Sheila Nevins halted production on the project-which was being helmed by the Emmy-winning Read More