Madonna brought her “Confessions II” short film to the Tribeca Festival, with celebrity cameos including Sabrina Carpenter, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more.

Jimmy Fallon drops out of Madonna premiere interview, Anderson Cooper steps in at last minute

Madonna brought her "Confessions II" short film to the Tribeca Festival, with celebrity cameos including Sabrina Carpenter, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more.

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- Jimmy Fallon dropped out of Madonna's *Confessions II* short film premiere at the last minute on Friday night.

- Anderson Cooper stepped in to replace Fallon on stage with the pop icon.

- Madonna's *Confessions II* album is out July 3, with the short film featuring Sabrina Carpenter, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more.

Though he was previously touted as the host of a wide-ranging interview with Madonna at the Friday night premiere of her upcoming short film, *Confessions II*, talk show staple Jimmy Fallon dropped out of the on-stage conversation at the last minute.

The *Tonight Show* star was initially confirmed to conduct a live interview with Madonna on stage at the Tribeca Festival's Beacon Theatre venue, though it was revealed to attendees at the event that Fallon would no longer be moderating the post-screening interview with the Queen of Pop.

CNN journalist Anderson Cooper stepped in for Fallon, whose representatives declined to comment when reached by *. *EW has additionally reached out to a representative for Cooper.

Madonna performs in Times Square.

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EW was in the room for the *Confessions II* film premiere and Q&A, which saw Madonna address a range of topics — including her desire to write dance music while she waited to find a writer for a planned scripted series about her life.

Madonna is also hard at work on her long-gestating feature-length biopic, which she's set to direct with star Julia Garner in the lead role.

Garner appears in the *Confessions II* short film, with Madonna literally transforming into her within the 13-minute film's runtime.

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Other stars featured in the *Confessions II* short film include Benedict Cumberbatch, Gwendoline Christie, Kate Moss, Richard E. Grant, Madonna's "Bring Your Love" duet partner, Sabrina Carpenter and many others.

The short film also serves as a companion piece for the album, featuring its first six tracks — including "Danceteria," named after the shuttered New York City club that played a vital role in shaping Madonna's connection to nightlife, and served as the spot where she met her longtime friend, actress Debi Mazar (who also appears in the film).

To further promote *Confessions II* — an album sequel to her 2005 opus *Confessions on a Dance Floor* — Madonna also mounted Thursday a surprise pop-up performance in Times Square, where she straddled a glass barrier 30 feet above the pavement in a shocking set that drew a huge crowd to the city center.

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Madonna has thus far released three tracks from* Confessions II*, including the Carpenter-assisted "Bring Your Love" and buzz singles "I Feel So Free" and "Love Sensation."

*Confessions II — The Film* hits YouTube on Monday. *Confessions II* the album is out July 3.

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