Nancy O'Dell

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Nancy O'Dell Grieves the Death of Her Mom

Originally posted 06/12/2008 12:25PM

Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell is mourning the loss of her mother, Betty, who died at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., last weekend after a battle with ALS. She was 74.

Elizabeth "Betty" Sawyer Humphries, a lifelong South Carolinian and a retired schoolteacher, was diagnosed with ALS, a neuromuscular disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, last November. In April, O'Dell opened up about her mom's illness with the hope of raising awareness. "Right now, there is no cure,” she told PEOPLE at the time.

In a statement on Access Hollywood's Web site, Betty was remembered as "relentlessly positive, with a strong faith in God and never an unkind word. The silver linings in this deeply painful time for Nancy are these – it was quick after diagnosis so Betty didn’t suffer much and thus her mom will be remembered as she was known: full of life and love."

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Halle Berry Gets Access to Parenting Advice

Originally posted 04/12/2008 09:30AM

New mom Halle Berry is getting by with a little help from a friend who knows something about parenting – and Hollywood.

"We've e-mailed, and she's loving motherhood," Nancy O'Dell told PEOPLE at Thursday's National Lampoon's One, Two, Many premiere in Hollywood. Berry, 41, gave birth to daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry last month.

"She is loving every minute of it, couldn't be any happier," Access Hollywood host O'Dell, who is friends with Berry, says. "She's going to be such a great mom."

O'Dell, 42, who herself gave birth last June to daughter Ashby Grace, sent Berry a lengthy e-mail of motherly advice – and the Oscar-winning actress replied with thanks.

"I sent her a whole page e-mail about things I wish friends had told me," O'Dell says. "I said, 'I wish people had given me this advice. They didn't, so I'm going to give it to you.' She was appreciative, really appreciative."

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Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell Has a Girl

Originally posted 06/11/2007 02:00PM

Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell and husband Keith Zubchevich welcomed a baby girl, Ashby Grace, on Monday, O'Dell tells PEOPLE.

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Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell Is Pregnant

Originally posted 12/13/2006 12:55PM

Access Hollywood co-anchor Nancy O'Dell announced Wednesday that she and her husband, business executive Keith Zubchevich, are expecting a child next summer.

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Lopez Does Double Duty for Rebirth

Originally posted 02/02/2005 09:10AM

SCHEDULED: The March 1 release of Jennifer Lopez's new album, Rebirth – her follow-up to 2002's This Is Me ... Then – will be a double hitter, simultaneously coming out as a standard audio CD and a DualDisc (with a DVD on the flip side), Billboard reports. On the DVD will be interviews, in-studio footage and the video for her first single "Get Right," which is MTV's No. 1 clip this week. Lopez's primetime MTV special is set for Feb. 14, while the first week of March should see her on Today and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "Rebirth" includes collaborations with rappers Fat Joe and Fabolous.

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