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{{Infobox Website
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|name=Late Night Shots
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|url=<span class="plainlinks">http://latenightshots.com</span>
|type=[[Social Networking]]
|registration=Invite Only
|owner=[[LNS Media]]
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'''Late Night Shots,'' pronounced "smegma,"' is an exclusive, invite-only [[social networking website]] based in [[Washington DC]].  The site was created by Reed Landry and Neel Patel in 2006 and currently boasts over 20,000 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pamelaspunch.com/late-night-shots-and-buyyourfriendadrink-partnership/|accessdate=2008-07-31|title=Late Night Shots and BuyYourFriendADrink Partner Together|author=Pamela Sorensen}}</ref> Its features include a series of [[message boards|message board]], member profile pages and a "Spotter" through which members are encouraged to report spotting other members at various DC hot spots. Although Late Night Shots remains focused on Washington DC, other sites have been created for [[Charlottesville]], [[New York City]], [[Atlanta]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Charlotte]] and [[Dallas]].

==Criticism==
In July 2007 the ''[[Washington City Paper]]'' published an expose about Late Night Shots and the associated scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=2008|accessdate=2007-07-12|title=Members Only|author=Angela Valdez}}</ref> Late Night Shots members reacted angrily in a series of comments on the ''Washington City Paper'' website, calling into question writer [[Angela Valdez|Angela Valdez's]] journalistic integrity and credentials. The accuracy of the ''City Paper'' article remains in dispute. Valdez later left the ''Washington City Paper'' amid its chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in October, 2008.

==Television==
In September 2008 filming for a [[Reality television|reality show]] based on [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|Georgetown's]]
elite social scene called ''[[Blonde Charity Mafia]]'' began.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082003774.html|accessdate=2008-08-20|title=D.C.'s a Party Town? On Lifetime, It Is.|author=Lisa de Moraes | work=The Washington Post | date=2008-08-21}}</ref> The show is stated to air on the [[The CW Television Network|CW]] on July 7, 2009 with an order of 6 episodes spanning 5 weeks. Casting calls for show characters were open only to Late Night Shots members.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbandjtv.com/pbandjtv/Be%20on%20TV.html|title=Are you the next Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari or Brody Jenner?}}</ref> and was narrowed down to [[Katherine Kennedy (reality TV)|Katherine Kennedy]], [[Krista Johnson]], and [[Sophie Pyle]]. Late Night Shots will be prominently featured on ''BCM''.{{Citation needed| date=May 2009}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.latenightshots.com Late Night Shots]

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