From the Associated Press:

A rumormonger has jarred this secret from superstar author J.K. Rowling: Book six, currently being written, will be titled “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

Rowling says that’s “the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages” and that she considered it for book four, later called “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

Rowling tipped her hand obliquely after a fan posted a rumor claiming that the upcoming book would be titled “The Pillar of Storg�” That, Rowling replied on her official site (www.jkrowling.com), “was never my title and I did not change it at the eleventh hour because I was ‘found out.’ “

Publisher Scholastic confirms the new title but says you’ll have to “search for clues” to find it on her site. Rowling further revealed that the half-blood prince is neither Harry nor Lord Voldemort, but “that is all I’m saying on THAT subject until the book’s published.”

Wow.

While stuck at the sister’s house, I found myself watching her copy of the 1985 movie The Last Dragon. I can’t count how many times we saw that movie replayed over and over on HBO in the late 80s, but watching it again brought back so many good and bad memories.

I mean, you have the post-Prince-girlfriend Vanity decked out in her best 80s hairstyles. You’ve got the post-blaxploitation, soft-spoken, ass-kicking, kungfu master Lee-roy. You’ve got a very young Ernie Reyes Jr., before he went on to star in that series “Sidekicks” with Gil Gerard, and well before he ended up doing small gigs in bigger films like Rush Hour 2.

And of course there’s Sho’Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem.

And “The Glow” … who could forget that?

I’m in Abilene, Texas today visiting the baby sister.

For those of you looking forward to the upcoming movie “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” there’s a new trailer to be found here.

What a one-armed Texan can accomplish with a truck, some beer and his trusty dog.