Ney'tiri is the name of the main Navi character, played by Zoe Saldana. She is the princess of the local tribe and the main love interest of bicurious-interspecies Jake Sully. Zoe definitely makes a hot alien huntress, but I am a little bit weirded out that when i typed "Avatar Neytiri" into a Google search for this post, "Avatar Neytiri nipple" was the third suggested auto-fill... awkward! Pandora, on the other hand, is the name of the planet on which the action takes place. Pandora is a moon that seems to orbit a nearby gas giant, similar to Jupiter, and is one of its many moons. The "sun" of that system is Alpha Centari - the closest star to our own Sun.
Avatar has apparently inspired a bunch of mini-Mangini parents to bestow the children with movie names; Eric Mangini, former coach of the NY Jets, famously named his first-born son Brett in a successful attempt to lure Brett Favre out of retirement and play QB for him. Of course, the ruse worked for Mangini for most of the season before Favre bombed the Jets out of the playoffs and Mangini out of his job as head coach. Mangini landed another coaching position in Cleveland and Favre of course is steering the Vikings towards a Superbowl appearance as we speak, but Brett Mangini will forever rue the day his dad sold out to the Favre.Outside of babies, Avatar is still dominating the box office and looks to pass James Cameron's other epic, Titanic, in a few short days. In the US, Avatar has grossed over $505.1 million at last official count, add that to the $1.2 billion it has gained internationally and you're over $1.7 bil. Titanic's record sits at around $1.842 billion depending on who you ask, but this amount shouldn't be too difficult to topple with upcoming weekend plus stats from MLK day yet to be tallied. After the new record is set you've still got the DVD market to come, so happy payday to Mr. Cameron - better get started on Avatar 2 and 3 ASAP!
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