It is being reported at Gawker.com that Anderson Cooper brought his secret beau, Ben Maisani, to the Oscars and the über-swank Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Cooper, the son of designer Glorida Vanderbilt and host of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°, has never publicly acknowledged his orientation.  In a recent story, Cooper & Maisani, the 36 year old co-owner of NY gay bar Eastern Bloc, recently purchased and is converting an old Greenwich Village firehouse into home, sweet home.