THE BUMRUSH

Maybe you loved the first Transformers movie. Or maybe like me, you were disappointed with every single part of the movie other than the huge giant robots. But it doesn't really matter, because the second installment is 10 days away and everyone is in the mood to give away free stuff.

That most definitely includes Linkin Park, who wants to give you a custom Fender Squier guitar in honor of their new single that will appear on the movie's soundtrack.

This one will take a little work (something I'm usually against) but USA TODAY wants you to design a brand-new Transformer for them. The winner will get... uh.. interviewed by the paper? I guess.

MovieSet is giving away the Transformers Xbox game as well as an Optimus Prime Deluxe Action Figure.

The good stuff: Hot Topic (my clothing store of choice) wants to send you and a friend - provided you have one -to the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen in LA on June 26th.

Labels: movies

A bumrush goodbye to our favorite lunch pail actor in the movie making business today, David Carradine, who died on June 3rd while filming a movie in Thailand. While the final cause of death has not been officially released, it's likey that he died the way every warm blooded movie star should go: hanging naked in a closet with a rope tied around his neck and penis after a failed attempt at auto-erotic asphyxiation.

That's only one of the reasons why we love David Carradine. Despite the Bruce Lee-was-created-the-idea-for-Kung-Fu-controversy, Carradine took the original Kung Fu television series, owned it, and parlayed that into a career full of movies and television appearances that almost no one can remember other than the Kill Bill movies. The man made movies the way I eat: fast, dirty, and immediately onto something else.

Labels: carradine, David Carradine, movies, television