It's no secret the MTV Video Music Awards are in love with their own bombastic sense of drama.
The 2015 VMAs will air Sunday at 9 p.m. on MTV, with a pre-show beginning at 8 p.m. Held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the show will air live on the East Coast, with a three-hour delay on the West Coast.
This year the VMAs are nodding to their most talked about moments from years past — Miley Cyrus' twerk-heavy performance with Robin Thicke from 2013 and Kanye West's 2009 onstage interruption of Taylor Swift — by putting the stars center stage.