By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Bradley Cooper took his two best girls -- girlfriend Zoe Saldana and his mom Gloria Cooper -- out for stroll Friday, and there was lots of bonding going on between the ladies, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

"Bradley was standing with his dog outside the Mystic Journey Bookstore, while his mother and Zoe were inside shopping," an eyewitness tells us.  "The two women were engrossed in deep conversation, it looked very serious, and there was clearly a lot of bonding going on.

As Breaking Celebrity News exclusively reported, it's was Gloria who got Bradley and Zoe back together in September, six months after they'd broken up.

In the months in-between, the Hangover star dated Scarlett Johansson but mom obviously convinced him Zoe was the girl for him.

Cooper is now earning the best reviews of his career, with Silver Linings Playbook. The film, shot in the suburbs of his hometown of Philadelphia, is earning Bradley his first-ever Oscar buzz.