During a progress report in a Los Angeles courtroom this past Friday, Chris Brown’s attorney asked that the restraining order keeping him from getting anywhere near Rihanna be lifted. In the words of his attorney, “It makes it difficult at award shows and such.†The judge did not grant the request, but suggested that Brown and Rihanna’s lawyers could work out a modification of the order — maybe, like, Chris Brown not attending awards shows? [Radar]