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The allure of the blockbuster Twilight books and movies appears to have spawned a troubling trend: Teen couples are biting one another to show affection, sometimes biting so hard they draw blood.

"Biting is challenging because one of the things we know about sexuality and biting and vampires is that it's passion, it's all-encompassing, it's wanting to consume someone else," New York City sexologist Logan Levkoff told Good Morning America.

"And biting is sort of an extension of the hickey. It's that same thing about marking someone else and showing passion."

Michael Kaplor, 16, said he has been biting his girlfriend on and off for about a year.

"For me, biting is the way to show affection toward the other person and to just get a crazy adrenaline rush and not so much to mark territory or to show I belong to something, but just to show the other person I care and there's a deeper sense of affection," he said.

He bites his girlfriend on or around her shoulder to ensure the marks remain hidden. The teen said he draws no blood but knows of others who do.

"I think a lot of people draw blood because they want to feel very powerful, when you bite the other person you get the huge adrenaline rush and it feels like you can't stop and some people just take it too far," he added.

Biting Can Lead to Disease, Doctors Say

The urge to push the envelope can come with serious consequences.

Up to 15 percent of bites from humans can become infected and, in rare cases, biting can spread blood-borne diseases including hepatitis, syphilis and HIV, doctors say.

Even so, teens are drawn to the practice, Levkoff said.

"It gets to that whole obsessive, compulsive, overwhelming teen sexuality, which is, 'We have all these new feelings, we don't know how to control them, we don't know how to make sense of them.' And for some reason, because it's on the screen, because it seems powerful and sexual, we want to mimic it. It doesn't make it right," she added.

But some teens aren't interesting in receiving -- or giving -- this very literal love bite.

Paola Hernandez, 15, said a boyfriend tried to pressure her to allow herself to be bitten.

"He said, 'I love you' and that's the way I want to show you," she said. "I didn't give in because it was kind of idiotic."

In anticipation of tonight’s episode of Deadliest Catch — in which friends and family say goodbye to Phil Harris — the captain’s son Josh Harris spoke to EW today about missing his dad, the outpouring from fans, and how he and his brother, Jake, hope to buy the Cornelia Marie.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You said on The Tonight Show that you are trying to raise millions of dollars so you and your brother can buy the other half of the Cornelia Marie. Have you set up some sort of fund in Phil’s name? Fans may want to help out.
JOSH HARRIS: Not yet. I really don’t know how to go about this stuff, and I really don’t want to depend on our fans to help us. I’m hard-headed. I’m trying to figure all of this out. I want to be able to do it on my own. My old man got the boat on his own. I’m just going to check out a couple of avenues and if that doesn’t work, we’ll go a different route. The last thing I want to do is beg for help from complete, utter strangers.

Talk about the outpouring of support from fans.
It’s been quite different. A lot of people will come up to me who have never seen the show, or they just started watching, and they are in a state of shock. They don’t even know the name of the boat. They just know the name of the captain who passed away. Everybody wants to give you hugs, give their condolences, tell you their stories. They try to comfort you in every which way. I’m very thankful for all the people who genuinely care. They don’t know anything about me or my brother or our situation but they really care. It’s really bizarre to me.



How do you feel about the way the show’s been edited this season?
I think they have done a wonderful job, I’m actually kind of shocked. I have not been able to watch tonight’s episode. I’ve had the copy of it sitting on my table for five days now. I stare at it. I saw the commercials for it a couple of nights ago, and I just broke down and lost it. My biggest fear is crying in public, and that was in public so it f—king sucked. I think the story is being told in the best way possible. The old man wanted to go out big. The only different way he had in mind was to be 70 years old, popping about 50 Viagras and having a 21-year-old Vegas hooker. That was the original way he wanted to go. But I think this way will suffice for him.

Leno showed the clip where you heard your dad say he loved him. What was that like to watch?
That f—ed me up a little bit. It’s a process, I’m working through it. He was pissed. He thought he was a failure and that he f—ed up. That irritated me so much. He’s such a good guy, and he had such a big heart. To be in the last moments of your life and think you are a failure, just broke my heart. It absolutely crushed me because he wasn’t a failure at all. He produced two good kids and did the best job he could with the cards he was dealt. We weren’t born rich. Everything we’ve got, we earned. It’s not like Discovery has handed us a house full of money. I think I got $1,000 and a fruit basket that I have never seen. They say they sent it!

Did you ever think about telling the cameras not to film that hotel room shouting match you had with Jake?
Oh you didn’t see the half of it, sweetheart. There was more, all right. They chose not to show it. They showed Jake leave nice and casual out of the room. It didn’t happen quite that way.

What’s your relationship like with Time Bandit captain Johnathan Hillstrand?
He’s been such a huge support system for me and my brother. I can’t thank him enough. This has not been an easy task by any means. I’ve been in shock and so numb through this whole thing. Everybody has been kind and gracious and patient. It’s nuts. I don’t know what to say right now except this whole f—ing thing is crazy. I miss my dad a lot. I don’t know how you are supposed to feel in a situation like this. It sucks. I lost my hero, my best friend, my buddy. I don’t know what to do about that.

What is the future of the show?
I can tell you one thing: that I’m pretty sure me and Jake will be battling next year. What weapons come out between the two of us, I don’t know. Who gets the first black eye, I can’t tell you. What I do know is we will be back in full force one way or another, hell or high water. I can see myself making sure that the boat sticks around — whatever it takes to make sure that f—er is running and my guys are employed, I will be right there every step of the way.

Maybe you can start tweeting from the boat.
Some of the guys at Discovery are really into tweeting. I don’t even know what this tweet thing is about. Apparently, you’re supposed to tweet “I’m taking a poop now” or “I just used three toilet tissues.” Sig Hansen [captain of the Northwestern] apparently is a tweet master. But Sig also has a mullet and thinks he can go on Dancing With the Stars. I’ll leave that sh– to the Norwegians and people with mullets. And Kim Kardashian.

Back when the producers first came to you about doing a reality show based on your lives, what did you think?
My initial reaction went a little something like this: “Uh, cool.” They put the camera on me, and I didn’t know what to do. “Am I walking funny? Do I need to do my hair? Do I look at the camera?” And they’d go, “Don’t look at the camera, look at me.” So then you find yourself talking and moving your hands really oddly. They just kind of freely float around. It’s kind of like a Ricky Bobby thing.”I don’t know what to do with my hands. The car was real fast and, uh….” That’s about how I felt.

Did you worry about cussing too much on camera?
F— yeah, but I gave up worrying. It’s how I talk. I don’t have a really good mute button, and it really sucks when I’m around children. I go do school appearances and talk to kids about drugs and stuff, and I seem to always drop the f-bomb by accident. The little kids will look at me and say “He just said f—.” And I’d be like, “Sh– you are right!” Then they go, “He just said sh–!” I’d say, “Dude, I need to get the f— out of here.” You wanna talk about a problem. But I got a good heart. I try really hard.

She criticized him after not getting a role in the upcoming Nirvana biopic, and now Robert Pattinson is shooting back at Courtney Love.

It was rumored that the “Twilight” hunk was to play the “Mono” singer’s late husband, Kurt Cobain, and it sounds like the soft spoken actor was a bit offended that Love didn’t think he was right for the part.

Of the rumors, Mr Pattinson said, “I love Nirvana, but I love them a bit too much – I’d be embarrassed. And you see all these comments, like from Courtney Love, saying ’What the f*ck! He’s totally wrong for it’, and I’m like, ‘I f*cking said no, you dick!’”

He added, “I didn’t get offered it. For one thing, I’m too tall, and I can’t sing like him, I’m nothing like him!’ It’s ridiculous.”

Not one to sit by and idly take criticism, Lindsay Lohan has responded to the recent criticizing comments made by Joan Rivers.

The drama all started last week when Miss Rivers tweeted, “Lindsay Lohan is so dumb. Her idea of being sworn in is cursing at the judge. I was just reading about the new Lindsay Lohan diet, which is all liquid. 80 Proof.”

Rivers kept going, writing, “Lindsay Lohan had ‘F**k You’ painted on her nails. What people don’t know is that the judge had ‘Eat me you party skank,’ painted on hers.’”

Not happy with the abrasive commentary, LiLo fired back on Tuesday (July 12), tweeting, “Joan Rivers and her ’stargument’ make me believe that she and Michael Lohan are a match made in heaven. All he needs is her botox doctor. ‘Dr.’ Drew- any ideas? Botox rehab reality show?”

She’s one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood, and Angelina Jolie can certainly hang with the best of 'em.

In an interview with MTV News, the “Wanted” actress revealed that she loves doing her own movie stunts.

Of her “Salt” stunts, she told, "They actually are more [rewarding]. Maybe it's because I spend so much time at home with the kids that I really like to get out and jump on something and not be Mom for a bit."

Furthermore, Ms Jolie spoke about bringing her children on set with her. "My kids are watching and rooting for me, so I want to impress them and be cool," she said.

A confident Angelina added, "There's a bada-- in all of us. I've certainly got mine."

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Rihanna has reportedly been in contact with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.

The Te Amo singer, who was assaulted by Brown before last years Grammy Awards is said to have spoken to Chris over the telephone.

A source told heat magazine: "It's been almost a year since they last spoke, but Rihanna felt like she could try to be friends with Chris again."

"Seeing how emotional he was on set [at the BET Awards] really touched her. She'd never seen him like that before."

They added: "Chris told her that he felt like he's grown up in the past year. He's said he's so happy to be back in touch with her."

"They were each other's first love and he's missed her so much. Rihanna knows that if she wanted him back, he'd be there in a second."

Despite being allegedly in contact with the I Can Transform Ya' singer again, the pair have not been in touch since Brown was sentenced to 180 days of community labour and given five years probation for attacking Rihanna.

The couple are said to have exchanged a few text messages, since their telephone conversation with a pal of RiRi's, claiming she is keen to meet Brown face-to-face.

However, under the terms of Chris' probation, he must stay at least 100 yards away from the singer for five years.

Kelly Osbourne says jail is just the wake up call Lindsay Lohan needs.

Writing in her weekly Closer magazine column, Kelly, who was once friends with the troubled actress, said: "Lindsay Lohan’s been sentenced to 90 days in jail after failing to attend alcohol education classes that were part of a probation order. My heart breaks for her, because we used to be friends and I hate to see her in such a bad place."

She added: "The reality is, if you break the law you have to pay the price. I’m really hoping this will be the wake-up call she needs to sort her life out and get back to the old Lindsay we all love. She’s a really talented actress and I’d love to see her get her life back on track. I have to say though; writing “F*** You” on her fingernail for the court hearing was a really silly move."