Rush steps down from Australian screen academyGetty ImagesCANBERRA, Australia — Geoffrey Rush announced Saturday he's stepping down as president of Australia's screen industry academy, days after a theater company revealed it had received a complaint against the Oscar-winning actor of "inappropriate behavior." Rush said he stepped down as president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ahead of the academy's annual televised awards in Sydney on Wednesday. Rush has performed at the Sydney theater for 35 years. The 66-year-old Australian actor won the 1997 best actor Academy Award for "Shine" and has three other Oscar nominations. Australian media reports say the allegation dated from the theater's production of "King Lear" from November 2015 to January 2016.

Source: Daily Sun December 02, 2017 08:15 UTC