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People: Her boyfriend was the real gem

Rihanna (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Rihanna will get back $1.4 million in borrowed jewelry that she was wearing the night she was allegedly beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown.

Prosecutors agreed to have the jewelry photographed for evidence if needed at a trial.

The 21-year-old singer’s attorney, Donald Etra, had requested a judge’s order for the items’ return, but an agreement was reached Wednesday morning.

Etra said after the hearing that it will allow Rihanna to return the items to companies that lent them to her. She wore the jewelry, described as a pair of earrings and three rings, to a pre-Grammy party.

“Rihanna just wants the owners to get their goods back,” Etra said.

Brown was arrested Feb. 8 and charged nearly a month later with assault likely to produce great bodily injury and making criminal threats.

The 19-year-old “Run It!” singer wasn’t in court Wednesday, but could face a preliminary hearing in June where a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial.

A rather unwelcome guest

Supermodel-turned-TV host Tyra Banks, facing the man accused of stalking her, testified Wednesday that she feared for her safety when she learned he had entered the New York City building where she tapes her show.

Banks, 35, said her staff would not let her leave the building on March 18, 2008, because Brady Green had shown up.

She said that her staff had previously shown her Green’s photograph, told her he had threatened one of her employees and was “somebody I should watch out for.”

You could say he got a break

Former “Prison Break” actor Lane Garrison, who was serving a prison sentence of three years and four months for a fatal drunken driving crash, has been released early.

Garrison rammed his Land Rover into a tree in December 2006, killing one teenage girl and injuring two others.

He was sentenced in October 2007, but since received credits for good behavior.

Pity the poor fool defendant

Mr. T showed up for jury duty in Chicago this week, but wasn’t called to serve.

The former “A-Team” and “Rocky III” actor, who turned up in in camouflage pants, a T-shirt and a longer version of his usual Mohawk haircut, spent several hours signing autographs and posing for pictures before being dismissed.

Guess a pig trumps a wolverine

Even the mighty Wolverine is taking precautions when it comes to swine flu.

Film distributor 20th Century Fox canceled Hugh Jackman’s scheduled appearance in Mexico City on Wednesday to promote his new movie, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” citing safety concerns.

The birthday bunch

Actress Cloris Leachman is 83. Singer Willie Nelson is 76. Actor Burt Young (“Rocky”) is 69. Singer Bobby Vee is 66. Actress Jill Clayburgh is 65. Actor Perry King (“Riptide”) is 61. Director Jane Campion is 55. Actor Adrian Pasdar (“Heroes”) is 40. Singer Akon is 36. Actor Johnny Galecki is 34. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 27. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 27.