Our friend who's seen the Anderson Cooper book told us that it wasn't so much interesting: A slight book, a quick read, and with virtually no personal revelations. But that didn't stop Vanity Fair — bless its glossy heart — from teasing out those few personal bits for a dramatic story in the June issue on Anderson's privileged and tragic childhood, as Rush & Molloy report in today's News. Truth is, the story itself can suck for all we care. We're just unspeakably pleased it was enough to merit this cover.

[Photo by Annie Leibovitz exclusively for Vanity Fair.]

Rush & Molloy [NYDN]

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