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Last night, the Third Annual Matt Leinart Celebrity Bowl sponsored by Three Olives Vodka raised $100,000 for the Matt Leinart Foundation. The Foundation is committed to granting resources and opportunities to support disadvantage youth through learning centers, sports activities, and granting wishes: to build character development, and help each child maximize academic and personal achievement.

Celebrity attendees included: Nick Lachey, Lo Bosworth, Matt Leinart, Frankie Delgado, Stacy Keibler, Matthew Lillard, and “Dancing with the Stars’” Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani.

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A Los Angeles blogger who leaked new Guns N’ Roses songs on the Internet before their official release on the band’s first new album in 17 years, was sentenced to two months of home confinement on Tuesday.

Kevin Cogill also received one year’s probation and must appear in an anti-piracy commercial under the terms of his plea deal with federal prosecutors.

He pleaded guilty last December to a single misdemeanor count of violating federal copyright laws, and agreed to help authorities identify the original source of the leak.

Cogill posted nine tracks from the Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” onto the Web site antiquiet.com (www.antiquiet.com) five months before the CD came out last November. The tracks were widely circulated, diminishing some of the anticipation surrounding the long-awaited album, which was a disappointing seller.

Cogill’s public-service announcement for the Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the major U.S. music labels, is expected to air during the music industry’s Grammy Awards on January 31.

Cogill had faced a maximum of one year in federal prison, a $100,000 fine and five years’ probation. But U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul L. Abrams said there was no profit motive, the tracks were posted on the blog for a short period, and his cooperation proved useful.

A U.S. Dept. of Justice spokesman said the government was still investigating the original source of the tracks.

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Booted “Bachelorette” suitor Wes Hayden wants the world to know he’s not the two-timing villian who was out to dupe Jillian Harris this season on the reality dating series.

“People are saying things and they don’t evern know me,” the country crooner exclusively tells the Daily News. “It’s hurtful that they have a perception that isn’t true.”

Accused of everything from coming on the show to promote his band to having a girlfriend back home, the country singer’s own words seemed to support his dastardly agenda.

But the Houston, Tex. native says blame it on post-production.

“They edited and clipped me. They were basically creating a character from the beginning,” says Wes, who explains his sister was the one who actually sent in his name to be considered for the show.

And while his manager did suggest it could be good for his career, Wes’ mom thought it would be great for his love life.

“She’d say, son, why don’t you just do it. You’re not getting younger, you might fall in love and get married,” he recalls with a laugh. “I was open to falling in love. I didn’t rule that out at all.”

Wes actually comtemplated quitting the show on several occassions, which brought on the comment he had garnered enough publicity for his band after appearing on six shows. But he choose to stay for Jillian.

“I told them I could leave if I wanted, but I’m still here,” Wes shares. “That I don’t want to leave until I know that Jillian and I are aren’t going to work.”

That became a painful reality after his confrontation with fellow contestant, Jake Pavelka, who returned to the series after his own elimination and told Jillian that Wes had a girlfriend back home.

“I didn’t have a girlfriend when I went on, I don’t have one now,” Wes candidly declares.

Still, the singer never felt he could get his momentum with Jillian back on track.

“I told her I feel like I’m in quicksand, that every time I try and move forward with you, we have to talk over whether I’m there for publicity or I’ve got a girlfriend,” he admits. “Looking back, I feel I never had a chance from the moment I stepped out of the limo. I’ve got tattoos, spiky hair, and I’m a musician. I think I was picked to be the guy people love to hate.”

As for his comment about being the first Bachelor in history to make it to the final four with a girlfriend, Wes admits he was being a bit of a smart ass.

“I remember looking in the back at the guy asking the questions and saying, ‘Come on man: If I had a girlfriend, why would I be here? I’d be with her,” he says. “What girl would date me after coming on the show and making out with some other chick? There was never a girlfriend.”

Still, Wes has no hard feelings towards Jake, or Jillian.

“I think she’s a great person, she’s funny and attractive and smart,” he says. “She doesn’t need a TV to fall in love and get married. She can do that on her own.”

Getting Wes to believe in the power of finding true love on the reality series is going to take a lot more convincing.

“I think I need to see Jillian get married for me to believe that any of it’s real,” he says. “If she comes out married out of thing, maybe this thing is a good thing. I’d like to kind of put it to the test.”

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Michael Jackson’s baby mama Debbie Rowe has sold her kids again — this time squeezing about $4 million from her former mother-in-law in exchange for giving up her parental rights, a family source told The Post yesterday.

“It’s one final payday,” the disgusted Jackson confidant said.

The family isn’t happy about the mega-payout — which was set to be sealed in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon — but they consider it a necessary evil, the source said.

“They felt it was like a ransom-type thing. [Rowe] jumped back into the picture because she wanted money,” the friend said.

Rowe — a former dental assistant who bore a boy and girl for Jacko — had forfeited her parental rights once before in exchange for big bucks.

After the birth of son Prince Michael, now 12, and daughter Paris, 11, she agreed to allow Jackson to raise them in exchange for a lump sum of $8 million, plus $900,000 annually for five years, the source said.

When Jacko was accused of child molestation in 2001, Rowe resurfaced to reclaim her rights. But she wound up giving her ex-husband full custody of the kids anyway — in exchange for another $4 million plus a $900,000 home.

This time around, she is forfeiting her restored parental rights to Jackson’s mom, Katherine, in exchange for yet another roughly $4 million, the family source said.

“This would be it. This takes away any rights she has to challenge custody at any given time,” the source said.

“If something happens to Katherine, [Rowe] can’t challenge the next [guardian], whether that be Diana Ross or someone in the family.”

Neither lawyers for Rowe nor Katherine Jackson returned phone calls or e-mails.

While it had been thought that Rowe was demanding that Jacko’s abusive father, Joe, have nothing to do with the kids, the source said there is no such language in the agreement.

Still, the family will keep him in check, the source said.

Joe Jackson is reportedly pushing his dead son’s children — also including Prince Michael II, a k a “Blanket,” born to an unidentified surrogate using donor sperm — to form a new group, The Jackson 3.

But “that’s something the family would absolutely not tolerate,” the source said.

The King of Pop’s siblings are themselves involved in a venture that has become much more lucrative since his death.

Jacko’s five remaining brothers were filming an A&E pilot for what they hoped would be a reality series about them launching a reunion tour.

While the five initially agreed to be paid a total of between $200,000 and $300,000 for the pilot, they now want to add footage of Michael’s funeral into the mix — and boost their take to “between $10 million and $20 million,” the family source said.

Jacko’s body — still undergoing testing as part of a police probe — was abruptly moved from its temporary resting place in a crypt at the famed Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills last week.

It now rests in a refrigerated unit in the basement of the cemetery’s main building for security reasons.

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Tierney, 44, has pushed back the premiere of her new NBC series “Parenthood” in order to undergo an emergency surgery.

“In an effort to guard my privacy, it seems that the wording of NBC’s press release has unfortunately caused some confusion and undue alarm about my health. I have discovered a tumor in my breast which requires surgery,” the actress said in a statement.

She said she will not know the severity of her condition until after surgery, but assured fans that doctors are optimistic about her “treatable condition.”

“I’m very optimistic as to the outcome and want to thank everyone who has sent positive thoughts and support. I look forward to going back to work soon,” she added.

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Michael Jackson left behind a legacy of being an amazing artist but he also left behind $400 million worth of debt. And as the man who had the best-selling album of all-time (”Thriller”), has had the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard charts of any male and has won more awards than any other artist, many are asking how on earth he managed to rack up so many unpaid bills?

Aside from losing tens of millions of dollars during his child molestation trial, Jackson didn’t put out any significant new material since 1997. But more detrimental to his finances was his notorious big-spending. Last week we revealed his automobile fixation (he had 75 cars registered under his name) and according to financial statements at the time of his divorce to Debbie Rowe in 1999, his cost of living at the time averaged a whooping $2,339,300 per month.

Documents filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court in September of 1999 show that Jackson spent $95, 700 on the gardening alone to maintain the sprawling Neverland Ranch. Security costs totaled another $51,900. Upkeep on his famous zoo/amusement park was another $66,200 and housekeeping/PR expenses stood at around $60,200 bringing the grand total monthly household expense to an astonishing $358,600. Colony Capital, the company that bought Neverland in 2008, is now responsible for the ranch’s maintenance.

When it came to personal expenses, the court documents show Jackson reportedly forked out $178,100 on legal services, $120,000 on personal/property insurance, $25,600 on medical needs, $42,600 on gifts — but only $100 a month on entertainment. Overall, his personal expenses were estimated at $1, 420,600 monthly. In addition, MJ spent $85,500 on transportation and a further $475,200 on MJJ Productions and Optimum Productions.

Overall, it would cost $2,339,300 to live the life of Michael Jackson for just one month. And that would likely put anyone in debt.

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