Week in entertainment: 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Plan your week in entertainment with these highlights and pop-culture milestones:

TV

Tune-in: Genius, the story of the life of Albert Einstein - played by both Geoffrey Rush as the elder and Johnny Flynn as the younger scientist - premieres on National Geographic Channel on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

DVD/BLU-RAY

View: La La Land comes out Tuesday. The musical love story, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, won six Oscars, including best actress for Stone and best director for Damien Chazelle.

STREAM

Watch: The Handmaid's Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood and starring Elisabeth Moss, debuts on Hulu on Wednesday. Also premiering this week, Dear White People on Netflix and the third season of Catastrophe on Amazon, both on Friday.

ANNIVERSARY 

Celebrate: Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of jazz great Ella Fitzgerald. Known as the First Lady of Song, the singer, who won 13 Grammy awards and sold more than 40 million albums, passed away in 1996.

Read: It is the 50th anniversary of the publication of the coming-of-age novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The novel, about two rival gangs in 1960s Tulsa, Okla., was adapted into a film in 1983 starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze.

FILM

Go to: The Circle, starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and John Boyega opens nationwide Friday. The film follows a woman (Watson) who lands her dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, where she uncovers an evil scheme.