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Geoffrey Rush appointed the foundation president of the newly formed Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. He resigned from the post in December 2017 after Sydney Theatre Company announced they had received an accusation of inappropriate behaviour against him. In 2013, Rush appeared alongside Jim Sturgess in "The Best Offer" and the film version of the best-selling novel "The Book Thief". Since 1988, Rush has been married to actress Jane Menelaus, with whom he has a daughter, Angelica (born 1992), and a son, James (born 1995). Rush lives in Melbourne, in the suburb of Camberwell. On 30 November 2017, the Sydney