The director of "The Ms. Pat Show" specializes in the multi-cam format, where it's all about getting an audience to laugh.

Director Mary Lou Belli, a surprise Emmy nominee for 'The Ms. Pat Show,' explains how she found her niche in Black sitcoms as a white woman.

Born in Atlanta in 1910 as Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, Mary Lou Williams changed her name and set forth on an amazing career in jazz as a pianist and composer, who arranged for everyone from Duke ...

The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture opened in 1983 and is named after Mary Lou Williams, a jazz pianist and composer, who worked with Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

Bela Karolyi, who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gymnastics gold, dies Bela Karolyi disappeared from public view after the abuse scandal that rocked USA Gymnastics.

Shocking Omissions: Mary Lou Williams' Choral Masterpiece, 'Black Christ Of The The jazz composer and pianist wrote the devotional work after her conversion to Catholicism. For her long, endlessly ...

"You laugh everyday," admits "The Ms. Pat Show” director Mary Lou Belli. In our recent webchat she adds, "The smartest people I've ever worked with are comedy writers. You can't parody something ...

The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture celebrated the grand reopening of its space on the first floor of the Flowers Building Friday afternoon following 18 months of renovation.

Bela Karolyi coached Nadia Comaneci to the first Olympics perfect 10 and Mary Lou Retton to all-around gold.

1984 Mary Lou Retton of Team USA during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Japanese sportswear brand Asics created the iconic American flag-inspired uniforms for gymnasts at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Known as the 'First Lady of the Jazz Keyboard,' Mary Lou Williams grew up in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood.

Mary Lou Retton’s rare condition has exposed a dark truth If an Olympic gold medalist can’t afford medical treatment, what hope do the rest of us have?