"Bum da bum bah!!" The music might not be playing, but the "Indiana Jones" theme is in the air. Everywhere you go at Paramount, there are ghosts — and not just because the Hollywood Forever cemetery is behind the lot. For the VMAs, we're working from the Crosby Building — named randomly for Bing Crosby, even though he had nothing to do with this space. But Indy did: His theme was scored here.

(See where the movie magic happens in this photographic tour of the Paramount lot.)

When the celebs arrive Sunday night, they'll be going through Paramount's Bronson Gate — one of the most widely recognized Hollywood landmarks. A common misconception is that it's named after Charles Bronson, although the reverse is true: He named himself after it or, rather, the street it's on, when he changed his name from Buchinsky. Read more...