‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Martha Stewart documentary, and Cyndi Lauper’s farewell tour top EW’s Must List

We’re glad to provide you with some entertainment suggestions to enjoy over the weekend, but most importantly, remember to make your plan to vote ahead of or on this coming Tuesday. Use your voice or lose your voice. —Patrick Gomez, Editor-in-Chief

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“Emilia Pérez”

Director Jacques Audiard‘s Oscar contender is a bold, audacious fever dream of an opera about a violent cartel boss who fakes their own death in order to live as their true self. The titular role is a star-making turn for Karla Sofía Gascón, who shares the screen with Zoe Saldaña (as an attorney forced to help Gascón’s character into hiding and get gender-affirming surgery to become Emilia Pérez) and Selena Gomez in a role unlike any she’s played before. BTW, it’s a musical, and Saldaña’s “El Mal” reminds everyone she deserves to be Center Stage. —Yolanda Machado, Staff Editor

“Love is Blind” season 7 reunion

This season of Netflix’s dating reality series was either the most successful or a total bust, since — spoiler alert — all of the couples who made it to the finale got married…all two of them. Whichever side of that argument you fall, it sure set us up for a juicy reunion (now streaming). —Sydney Bucksbaum, Staff Writer

“Martha”

What Netflix’s new documentary captures best isn’t the famed homemaker‘s unprecedented rise from model to stockbroker to queen of all media. Intimate one-on-one interviews reveal in perfect clarity the imperious demands, emotional ambivalence, and sparkling humor that make Martha Stewart. —Ryan Coleman, News Writer

Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour

Any pop girlie with a rebellious streak owes a debt to this flamboyant icon, who just kicked off her 24-city, career-spanning going-away party. Expect a fresh crop of wigs and a voice built for an arena — Cyndi Lauper has never met a ballad or (she) bop she couldn’t blast into the stratosphere. —Jason Lamphier, Senior Editor

“Those Opulent Days” by Jacquie Pham

In 1920s French-occupied Vietnam, four friends gather in a lavish mansion for a night that ends in murder. Debut author Jacquie Pham ratchets up the suspense with a mystery that lays bare the costs of colonialism, class divides, and economic disparity. —Maureen Lee Lenker, Senior Writer