The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced this year’s Golden Globe Award nominations, the 70th in the award’s history. The award ceremony takes place at 8PM EST (5PM PST) on 13 January 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and will be telecast live on NBC.

Last year, we saw the continuation of an apparent dislike of sf/f/h, when seven films and three television programs combined for a scant 14 nominations out of 25 categories. This year, eight typical films and two programs garnered 11 nominations, but three other films with overt speculative fiction elements or connections picked up 11 nominations. It’s a tough award for an sf film….

SF/F/H film nominees are:

Argo: nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama; nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Alan Arkin); nominated for Best Director – Motion Picture (Ben Affleck); nominated for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Chris Terrio); nominated for Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat)

Brave: nominated for Best Animated Feature Film

Cloud Atlas: nominated for Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil)

Frankenweenie: nominated for Best Animated Feature Film

Hotel Transylvania: nominated for Best Animated Feature Film

The Hunger Games: nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture (“Safe & Sound”)

Life of Pi: nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama; nominated for Best Director – Motion Picture (Ang Lee); nominated for Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Mychael Danna)

The Master: nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Joaquin Phoenix); nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Amy Adams); nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

Rise of the Guardians: nominated for Best Animated Feature Film

Skyfall: nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture (“Skyfall”)

Wreck-It Ralph: nominated for Best Animated Feature Film

SF/F/H television nominees are:

American Horror Story: Asylum: nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Jessica Lange)

The Big Bang Theory: nominated for Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical; nominated for Best Actor in a Television Series – -Comedy or Musical (Jim Parsons)

The full list of nominees is available on this page.