Whiplash, the breakout film by future Oscar-winning director of La La Land, Damien Chazelle, was initially a coveted Black List script picked up by producers Jason Blum and Jason Reitman, who ...

J.K. Simmons’s makeshift mantel is running out of space. The actor, 60, took home another honor for his role in Whiplash on Saturday, this time winning the best supporting actor category at the ...

He may have played multiple different versions of Santa Claus on the big screen, but damn J.K. Simmons ... hated character. Simmons brought to life Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash, opposite Miles ...

J.K. Simmons is taking home his first best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in "Whiplash." Simmons' turn as an intense music instructor wowed critics and the Academy. This was the 60 ...

Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9 ... (2005), Mac MacGuff in Juno (2007), music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014), Bill in La La Land (2016), William Frawley in Being the ...