The movie was released in North America on December 25th 2012.
In the United Kingdom the release date was January 18th 2013.
Yes, but not the ones he was expected to win-- he did not win the Oscar for Best Director at the Academy Awards, and many people were surprised "Lincoln" did not win the Oscar for Best Picture either. Spielberg did win the AFI "Movie of the Year" award, as well as the Cinema for Peace Award. In addition to losing out at the Academy Awards, he was nominated by the Australian Film Institute, BAFTA, Broadcast Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics, DFW Film Critics, Directors Guild, Golden Globes, Phoenix Film Critics, Satellite Awards, Vancouver Film Critics, Washington DC Film Critics) but he did not win any of those either.
The real name of Django from the movie, Django Unchained, is simply Django. There are no references made in the movie about what the character's full name actually happens to be.
Broomhilda Von Shaft was played by Kerry Washington.
Billy Crash was played by walton Goggins.
Butch Pooch/ ace speck is played by James Remar.
According to the character list of those cast in roles the answer is no.
The screenplay was written by Quentin Tarantino.
Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone.
The actor James Remar played Ace Speck/ Butch Pooch.
Yes it won the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Screenplay,(Tarantino), Christoph Waltz won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.