Highlights include a comprehensive "making of" the penultimate episode "Blackwater, " an in-depth look into the War of the Five Kings and meticulous histories and character profiles which explore the amazing production elements that went into making the second season so compelling.

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In previews for the 1997 TV movie, Houston's Fairy Godmother and pop singer Brandy's title character were much hyped, but the Rob Marshall-directed production itself was stolen by old pros Bernadette Peters as the stepmother, Victor Garber and Whoopee Goldberg as the King and Queen, and Jason Alexander as a kind of singing, dancing, pratfalling George Costanza.

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By the end, he has lived through enough tragedy and triumph to fill several lives: "Ray" doesn't minimize its hero's character flaws, infidelities or various addictions, even though Charles took an active part in the production before he died in June.

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