FILM/SNEAK PEEK : NO OSCAR THIS TIME, BUT KUDOS FOR FORMAN.

Milos Forman, director of ``The People vs. Larry Flynt,'' may have been snubbed by Oscar, but he'll get a big night out with stars and a trophy anyway.

Forman will receive the Artists Rights Foundation's John Huston Award for Artists Rights at a black-tie benefit dinner on April 18 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Celebrities scheduled to fete Forman include Annette Bening, Martin Scorsese, Saul Zaentz (who did get an Oscar this year) and Edward Norton (who didn't).

Of course, Oscar and Forman are longtime acquaintances, even though they weren't working together this year. Forman has won two in the past - for ``One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1976) and ``Amadeus'' (1984). He is being honored with the Huston award for his appeals to Congress for legislation that would ``acknowledge the moral and personal rights of all artists,'' according to a press release.

Proceeds from the Forman bash will benefit the Artists Rights Foundation's activities. Individual tickets range from $250 to $500. Tables of 10 range from $5,000 to $25,000.

The dinner is the culmination of the two-day International Artists Rights Symposium at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles. Panel discussions during the conference will focus on the Internet as a means of film distribution; film revision and manipulation; and property rights vs. individual rights.

The luncheon speaker on April 18 will be U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

For more information, call [phone].

The awards just keep on comin'

Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Better Midler, stars of the box-office hit ``The First Wives Club,'' will be honored at the Women in Film Crystal Awards luncheon on June 13 at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Also to be honored: Anne Coates, who won an Oscar in 1962 for editing ``Lawrence of Arabia.''

The Crystal Awards were established in 1977 to pay tribute to women in the entertainment industry.

For tickets, call [phone].

Free movies in Westwood

Eight musicals spanning six decades of cinema will be shown for free on April 24 during the third annual Westwood Village Classic Film Festival, which this year celebrates ``Music in the Movies.''

The films are: ``Showboat'' (1936); ``Stormy Weather'' (1943); ``Singin' in the Rain'' (1952); ``Sound of Music'' (1965); ``Woodstock'' (1970); ``Cabaret'' (1972); ``Grease'' (1978); and ``Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986).

Each screening will be preceded by a discussion with the audience by an artist associated with the film. Among those scheduled to speak are: Rick Moranis, Angela Cartwright, Michael York, Donald O'Connor and Cyd Charisse.

Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis. Call the Westwood Village Community Alliance for a screening schedule at [phone].

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Photo: Milos Foreman, left, on set of ``The People vs. Larry Flynt,'' with director of photography Philippe Rousselot, is being honored with the Artists Rights Foundation's John Huston Award for Artists Rights.