Miles Teller took over the lead role for the feature-length version of Damien Chazelle's original Whiplash short. Here's how his predecessor felt about that.

He's after the respect of a fearsome, offensive and abusive teacher, played by JK Simmons. The structure, energy and intensity of the film ... Whiplash is nominated for five Academy Awards ...

BAFTA and Spirit awards. “Whiplash,” shot in 19 days, centers on Simmons’ pushing Miles Teller’s drummer character to the breaking point at a fictional New York City music academy.

Simmons has appeared ... Spider-Man trilogy, Whiplash, and Justice League. During this period, he also received many accolades, including an Oscar, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden ...

Though he’s appeared in more than 50 movies and several hit TV shows, J.K. Simmons is perhaps still best known as the deadpan professor in Farmer’s Insurance commercials. “It’s humbling ...

Defying predictions including by Deadline’s Pete Hammond, Whiplash nabbed its third Oscar of the evening when editor Tom Cross took home the award ... J.K. Simmons. The success of the film ...

J.K. Simmons, for his turn as a ruthless music teacher in “Whiplash ... of the film. “I’m continuing to fight Father Time as best as I can.” The subject of the Academy Awards didn ...

I can't stop talking about Whiplash. I can't even stop saying Whiplash. It's that good. In a month where every film is receiving 5-star-instant-masterpiece-give-it-all-the-awards plaudits ...

J.K. Simmons won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for playing a brutally demanding jazz teacher who pushes a drummer to the edge in "Whiplash." It was the first Academy Award for the 60 ...