It's wedding bells for Anderson Cooper — because his mother's sick of the openly gay bachelor just shacking up! The 49-year-old CNN anchor's planning a spring wedding to club owner Benjamin Maisani, 43 — and Gloria Vanderbilt is thrilled.

"Anderson's turning 50 next summer, so he finally figured it was time to take the plunge," a pal dished to Breaking Celebrity News. "It took a nudge from Gloria to make it happe