Plan your week in entertainment

Busy lives beckon for a personal assistant. But who's got the cash for that? Paste BN's Cindy Clark plans your entertainment calendar for the upcoming week and highlights pop-culture milestones.

MONDAY

It's Columbus Day! Fun fact: The 42nd episode of The Sopranos, titled "Christopher," addresses the controversies surrounding Christopher Columbus' legacy.

TUESDAY

Listen: Get your hands on (or download) Pearl Jam's latest album, Lightning Bolt, hitting shelves today. It marks the band's 10th studio album.

Read: They say to write what you know, and James Franco has done just that as he dives into the world of fiction with the publication of his debut novel, Actors Anonymous (New Harvest, $26).

WEDNESDAY

Happy birthday to music masters Bob Weir, John Mayer and Flea!

THURSDAY

Watch: Adelaide Kane holds court as a teenage Mary Stuart, who will come to be known as Mary, Queen of Scots, in Reign, CW, 9 p.m. ET/PT. White Collar fans can look forward to the show's return for a new season, 9 p.m. ET/PT, USA.

FRIDAY

Here's a film with a talent-packed cast: Steve McQueen directs Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and Michael K. Williams in 12 Years a Slave, about Solomon Northup, a free black man (Chiwetel Ejiofor) from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.