In the wake of Amy Winehouse‘s death, many artists and entertainers have voiced their sadness over the singer’s passing. One who took her death especially hard was Amy’s good friend and confidante, Kelly Osbourne. Kelly’s mom and America’s Got Talent judge, Sharon Osbourne, spoke with PEOPLE about her daughter’s grief, saying that Amy was the first person that Kelly has ever loved and lost:

“There’s nothing I can do to take Kelly’s pain away.”

“This was the first person she’s loved who she’s lost. That in itself made her frightened and shocked. She’s gone through all these different emotions.”

“The only thing that will help her is time.”

Though Kelly is still having a hard time wrapping her head around Amy’s passing, Sharon has come to terms with the loss, saying:

“It’s all a part of life, isn’t it?” Sharon says. “We thank god we’re here and we’re healthy and we do what we do. But some people aren’t as fortunate as us. It’s all a part of it. Life and death are as much a part of living, unfortunately.”

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Bret Michaels continues to remain in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage last Thursday, his rep tells UsMagazine.com.

“There’s a rumor out there that Bret passed,” says the rep. “It isn’t true.”

Sharon Osbourne, Michaels’ costar on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, has known the former Poison front man, 47, for 30 years.

What’s happened to him is “just hideous,” she told UsMagazine.com Monday at the NBC Universal Summer Press Day in Pasadena, Calif. “It’s devastating, and it makes you feel all these different feelings. Your heart goes out to his family, your heart goes out to him. He’s the nicest guy in the world. And then you start thinking about your own mortality. You start thinking, Oh my God. It just makes you appreciate how lucky we all are.”

The last time she saw Michaels, he was in good health. “Absolutely he was,” she told Us.

On Monday, Donald Trump — who claimed to be in touch with people at the hospital where Michaels is being treated — remarked that the rocker’s prognosis wasn’t “great.”

Appearing on the Today show Tuesday morning, he had no updates but was praying for the best.

“He’s such a good guy,” he said. “I just hope he makes it.”

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Kelly Osbourne, pop singer and reality personality, spends the afternoon shopping with her parent’s Rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne who is currently appearing on “Celebrity Apprentice”. The family went shopping in Los Angeles, California, on March 20, 2010.

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Sharon Osbourne has slammed America’s obsession with reality TV – insisting the new wave of shows are “train wrecks”.

The former reality TV star is convinced television has taken a turn for the worse, despite her ongoing role as judge on hit series America’s Got Talent – claiming newer shows have become havens for talentless celebrities.

Osbourne – who became a household name after appearing in MTV’s The Osbournes – says, “They are all train wrecks. All it is now is a lot of lower-rung celebrities that they’ve turned into bad actors. None of it is real.”

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Sharon Osbourne has announced she will be stepping down as a judge on U.K. TV talent competiton The X Factor.

In a statement, Osbourne thanked fellow judge and series creator Simon Cowell and “the wonderful British public for their enormous support”.

Osbourne, wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, has been a member of the judging panel on the British reality competition since it began four years ago.

The most recent series of the show was marred by rows between Osbourne and fellow judge Dannii Minogue, who the rock matriarch claimed had only been recruited by Cowell because of her appearance.

The producers of the hit talent show have yet to release a statement about Osbourne’s departure.

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Sharon Osbourne will only take part in the next series of talent competition The X Factor if her salary is doubled, according to reports.

The rock matriarch, a judge on the British reality program since it began in 2004, has turned down TV bosses’ offer of $1.5 million and is said to be demanding a new contract, worth $2 million.

A source at TV network ITV tells British newspaper the News Of The World, “Sharon always pushes for the best deal.”
It was reported last year the series creator Simon Cowell was set to fire Osbourne following her scathing attack on fellow judge Dannii Minogue, who joined the show in its fourth season.

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