Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Anthony Marshall, son of late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor, and an attorney he hired, on charges of plundering her $198 million estate, according to The Associated Press. Marshall and attorney Francis Morrissey will be tried in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court. … A Malawian judge in the capital of Lilongwe held a closed-door hearing Monday on Madonna’s application to adopt a second child from this southern African nation but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday, a court official told The Associated Press. Monday’s court docket listed only the child’s name: Chifundo James, which means “mercy” in a local language. … The wife of comic actor Tim Allen gave birth to a 5-pound, 13-ounce girl, Elizabeth, on Saturday in Los Angeles. Allen, 55, has a 19-year-old daughter, Katherine, from his first marriage; this is the first child for his wife, Jane.
