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Patch Flash: Elmhurst's Joe Calderone Trends on Twitter Thanks to Lady Gaga

Chicagoland news to talk about: Naperville film festival features documentary on homelessness in DuPage County and elsewhere.

An Elmhurst resident got his 15 minutes of fame, thanks to Lady Gaga. He and a bunch of other Joe Calderones were all over Facebook, too, after Ms. Gaga opened the MTV Video Music Awards as Jo Calderone. "It felt really cool for about five minutes," the Elmhurst Calderone said.

Sunday night. According to reports, the alleged offender Joseph Slattery, had his 1-year-old in his car at the time.  

And it wasn't the first time, she told Tinley Park police. Saturday's incident was the fourth of its kind, where trash bags from a local Dunkin Donuts were dumped and broken. A witness said he saw teenagers running to their cars as he pulled into his driveway one night.

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, Sept. 19. The award-winning documentary, on the edge, focuses on seven women who share their stories of homelessness in DuPage County and other small towns.

. Alumnus Richard Ruttenberg is a session musician on The Simpsons. At one point in her career, Marilyn Barrett wrote the jokes on McDonald’s Happy Meals. Christine Ebersole is a Broadway actress and has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress.

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